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 |
|---|---|
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |