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 |
|---|---|
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |