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 |
|---|---|
| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| commune | talk over |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |