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 |
|---|---|
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| collate | to compare critically |