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 |
|---|---|
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| appease | pacify |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |