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

WordMeaning
mortifyto subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame
vaingloriousmarked by vainglory : boastful
mirewet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
impudencethe quality or state of being impudent
corollarya proposition (see proposition
haphappening
charany of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots
lampoonsatire
cantankerousdifficult or irritating to deal with