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.

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WordMeaning
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
disconcertto throw into confusion
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
poisebalance
sleightdeceitful craftiness
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
citadela fortress that commands (see command
magnanimitythe quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
natalnative
demurto take exception : object