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 |
|---|---|
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |