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 |
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| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |