GRE Word List
OBSESSIVE
tending to cause obsession
The meaning of the word obsessive is tending to cause obsession.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spare | not being used |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
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| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
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