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 |
|---|---|
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| dys- | abnormal |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |