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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |