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 |
|---|---|
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |