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 |
|---|---|
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |