GRE Word List

PRECIPITOUS

precipitate

The meaning of the word precipitous is precipitate.

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prepossessingcreating prejudice
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seemlygood-looking
palliddeficient in color : wan
gaffea social or diplomatic blunder
sirenany of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing
tiradea protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language