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 |
|---|---|
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| coin | corner |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |