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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WordMeaning
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
embitterto excite bitter feelings in
uninhibitedfree from inhibition
quandarya state of perplexity or doubt
fetidhaving a heavy offensive smell
deifyto make a god of
peerlessmatchless
insolventunable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business