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 |
|---|---|
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
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| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| engender | beget |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |