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 |
|---|---|
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |