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 |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| growl | rumble |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |