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 |
|---|---|
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |