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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evocativeevoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response
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rebuttalthe act of rebutting especially in a legal suit
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spatulaa flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
blithelacking due thought or consideration : casual
collateto compare critically
ulteriorgoing beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper
veritablebeing in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary