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 |
|---|---|
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| unkempt | not combed |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |