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 |
|---|---|
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| diadem | crown |