GRE Word List
PRECIPITOUS
precipitate
The meaning of the word precipitous is precipitate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| imbibe | drink |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |