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 |
|---|---|
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |