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 |
|---|---|
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| quarry | game |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |