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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fuddlebooze
spurnto reject with disdain or contempt : scorn
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virtuosoone who excels in the technique of an art
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arteryany of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body
ruthlesshaving no pity : merciless
strewto spread by scattering
apiaristbeekeeper
noosea loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn