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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abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
sordidmarked by baseness or grossness : vile
despota ruler with absolute power and authority
taperto become progressively smaller toward one end
protrudeto jut out from the surrounding surface or context
truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
opportunesuitable or convenient for a particular occurrence
brawlto quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle
equityjustice according to natural law or right