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 |
|---|---|
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| quench | put out |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |