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 |
|---|---|
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| charlatan | quack |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |