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 |
|---|---|
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |