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 |
|---|---|
| forte | one's strong point |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |