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 |
|---|---|
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| gyroscope | a 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 |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |