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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |