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 |
|---|---|
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| spoof | deceive |