GRE Word List
PRECIPITATE
to throw violently : hurl
The meaning of the word precipitate is to throw violently : hurl.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |