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 |
|---|---|
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| enhance | heighten |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |