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 |
|---|---|
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |