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 |
|---|---|
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |