GRE Word List
PRECISE
exactly or sharply defined or stated
The meaning of the word precise is exactly or sharply defined or stated.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| mulct | fine |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |