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 |
|---|---|
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| gnome | maxim |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |