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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| dyslexia | a variable often familial learning disability involving difficulties in acquiring and processing language that is typically manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading, spelling, and writing |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| ensconce | shelter |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |