GRE Word List

PRECIS

a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts

The meaning of the word precis is a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts.

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WordMeaning
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
precipitantprecipitate
repressto check by or as if by pressure : curb
skulkto move in a stealthy or furtive manner
disfigureto impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries
proclivityan inclination or predisposition toward something
methodicalarranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order
viscoushaving a thick or sticky consistency : viscid
aghaststruck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset
fineryornament