GRE Word List
PRECIPICE
a very steep or overhanging place
The meaning of the word precipice is a very steep or overhanging place.
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regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
grouch | a fit of bad temper |
inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
desiccate | to dry up |
orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
haggard | not tamed |