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 |
|---|---|
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| 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 |
| haven | harbor |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |