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 |
|---|---|
| wastrel | vagabond |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |