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 |
|---|---|
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| dys- | abnormal |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |