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 |
|---|---|
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| viable | capable of living |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |