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 |
|---|---|
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| executioner | one who executes |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| fuddle | booze |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| condole | grieve |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |