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 |
|---|---|
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |