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 |
|---|---|
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| headlong | headfirst |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |