GRE Word List
PRECIPICE
a very steep or overhanging place
The meaning of the word precipice is a very steep or overhanging place.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |