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 |
|---|---|
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |