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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WordMeaning
uncannyseeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie
vilemorally despicable or abhorrent
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
gnomemaxim
illuminateto supply or brighten with light
incurto become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself
antiqueexisting since or belonging to earlier times : ancient
deltathe 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary