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 |
|---|---|
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |