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 |
|---|---|
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |