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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quicksilver | mercury |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |