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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |