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 |
|---|---|
| gnome | maxim |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |