GRE Word List
COMPENDIUM
brief, comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious
The meaning of the word compendium is brief, comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stipend | pay for services |
| lumber | move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber |
| toady | servile flatterer; yes man; sycophant; V: be a toady to; fawn |
| creep | move with body close to the ground; move stealthily or slowly; N. |
| expatiate | talk at length; speak or write in detail |
| meditation | reflection; thought; V. meditate |
| deify | turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity |
| graphic | pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described |
| averse | reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the house work |
| alchemy | medieval chemistry |