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 |
|---|---|
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| brawny | muscular |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |