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 |
|---|---|
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| carefree | free from care: such as |