GRE Word List
PRECIPITOUS
precipitate
The meaning of the word precipitous is precipitate.
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|---|---|
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| fulcrum | prop |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |