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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WordMeaning
proverba brief popular epigram or maxim : adage
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
purgeto clear of guilt
historicalof, relating to, or having the character of history
diatribea bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing
blotchto mark or mar with blotches
piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
appeasepacify
muskyhaving an odor of or resembling musk
malignanttending to produce death or deterioration