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 |
|---|---|
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| imprecation | curse |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |