GRE Word List
COMPENDIUM
a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
The meaning of the word compendium is a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |