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 |
|---|---|
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| fete | festival |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |