summary noun sum, summation 1. a short, complete, retelling of previously stated facts or statements. compound adjective com- impound 1. composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients: Soap is a compound substance. decline verb de- remove, separate, incline, recline to refuse or withhold permission for something negate, descend He declined to say more about it. cline (clinare) to bend discrete adjective dis- apart, away, concrete apart or detached from others; separate; separate distinct: crete to grow six discrete parts.
summary noun 1. a short, complete, retelling of previously stated facts or statements. sum, summation compound adjective 1. composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients: Soap is a compound substance. com- impound decline verb to refuse or withhold permission for something He declined to say more about it. de- remove, separate, negate, descend cline (clinare) to bend incline, recline discrete adjective apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts. dis- apart, away, separate crete to grow concrete