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 |
|---|---|
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |