GRE Word List
PRECIPITOUS
precipitate
The meaning of the word precipitous is precipitate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |