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 |
|---|---|
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |