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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| rightful | just |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |