GRE Word List
PRECISE
exactly or sharply defined or stated
The meaning of the word precise is exactly or sharply defined or stated.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| guy | man |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |