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 |
|---|---|
| benison | blessing |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| ploy | escapade |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |