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 |
|---|---|
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |