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 |
|---|---|
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |