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 |
|---|---|
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |