GRE Word List
PRECIPITATE
to throw violently : hurl
The meaning of the word precipitate is to throw violently : hurl.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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determinate | having defined limits |
procurement | the act or process of procuring |
paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |