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 |
|---|---|
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| dull | tedious |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| lunar | crescent |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |