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 |
|---|---|
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |