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 |
|---|---|
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |