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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |