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 |
|---|---|
| billow | wave |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |