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 |
|---|---|
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |