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 |
|---|---|
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| calorific | caloric |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |