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 |
|---|---|
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| pliant | pliable |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |