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 |
|---|---|
| quench | put out |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| giddy | dizzy |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |