Word of the Day: COMPACT
Covenant or contract
compact (noun) - an agreement, pact, or treaty; a small makeup case [kom-pakt]
BREAKDOWN: COM- (together) + PACT- (to fix or fasten)
compact as an adjective means closely or firmly joined, packed, or united; dense or solid
compact as a verb means to compress or pack together
“The ordinary response to atrocities is to banish them from consciousness. Certain violations of the social compact are too terrible to utter aloud: this is the meaning of the word unspeakable.” —Judith Lewis Herman
