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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| impediment | something that impedes |