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 |
|---|---|
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |