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 |
|---|---|
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |