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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| dilute | attenuate |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |