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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| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| sibling | sib |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |