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 |
|---|---|
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| slake | subside |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| circlet | a little circle |