GRE Word List
PRECIPITOUS
precipitate
The meaning of the word precipitous is precipitate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |