GRE Word List
PRECIPITOUS
precipitate
The meaning of the word precipitous is precipitate.
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|---|---|
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
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| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
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