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 |
|---|---|
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |