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 |
|---|---|
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |