GRE Word List

PRECIPITOUS

precipitate

The meaning of the word precipitous is precipitate.

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sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
applicationan act of applying:
unerringlycommitting no error : faultless
corrugatedhaving corrugations
gruesomeinspiring horror or repulsion : grisly
busta sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast
arrearsthe state of being behind in the discharge of obligations
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach
accrueto come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
respirationthe movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs