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 |
|---|---|
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| executioner | one who executes |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |