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 |
|---|---|
| paltry | inferior |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| gust | the sensation of taste |