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 |
|---|---|
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |