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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detrimentalobviously harmful : damaging
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enlivento give life, action, or spirit to : animate
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
peruseto examine or consider with attention and in detail : study
rumbleto make a low heavy rolling sound
cataclysmflood
procurementthe act or process of procuring
fulminateto utter or send out with denunciation
absolveto set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt