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 |
|---|---|
| comestible | edible |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |