GRE Word List

PRECIPITOUS

precipitate

The meaning of the word precipitous is precipitate.

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overturean initiative toward agreement or action : proposal
bravadoblustering swaggering conduct
decreean order usually having the force of law
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bridlethe headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit
forumthe marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
insolencethe quality or state of being insolent
drabslattern
comebacka sharp or witty reply : retort