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 |
|---|---|
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| intermediary | mediator |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |