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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wither | to become dry and sapless |
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fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
dissipate | to break up and drive off |