GRE Word List

PRECIPITOUS

precipitate

The meaning of the word precipitous is precipitate.

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WordMeaning
abstractdisassociated from any specific instance
dismantleto disconnect the pieces of
rankleto cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness
barba medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck
importuneto press or urge with troublesome persistence
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
reparablecapable of being repaired
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
cruxa puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question