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 |
|---|---|
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| inert | lacking the power to move |