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 |
|---|---|
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| courier | messenger |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |