GRE Word List
PRECIPITOUS
precipitate
The meaning of the word precipitous is precipitate.
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| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| bauble | trinket |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
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| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |