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 |
|---|---|
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| fabricate | invent |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |