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 |
|---|---|
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |