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 |
|---|---|
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| mystic | mystical |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |