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 |
|---|---|
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| poise | balance |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |