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 |
|---|---|
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| hap | happening |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| lampoon | satire |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |