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 |
|---|---|
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| chafe | irritate |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| farce | stuff |