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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
mischancebad luck
revileto subject to verbal abuse : vituperate
mottoa sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use
onerousinvolving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome
endueprovide
adjacentnot distant : nearby
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
ramificationbranch
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
satiatefilled to satiety