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 |
|---|---|
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |