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 |
|---|---|
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| oversee | survey |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |