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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WordMeaning
adversitya state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune
documentproof
cherubican order of angels see celestial hierarchy
affectedartificial; pretended
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
compatiblecapable of existing together in harmony
forwardnear, being at, or belonging to the forepart
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
grumbleto mutter in discontent
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it