GRE Word List
PRECARIOUS
dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments
The meaning of the word precarious is dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |