GRE Word List
PRECIPITATE
to throw violently : hurl
The meaning of the word precipitate is to throw violently : hurl.
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|---|---|
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| lampoon | satire |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
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| scotch | scottish |
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| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
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