GRE Word List
PRECIPITOUS
precipitate
The meaning of the word precipitous is precipitate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |