GRE Word List
COMPUTE
to determine especially by mathematical means
The meaning of the word compute is to determine especially by mathematical means.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |