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 |
|---|---|
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |