GRE Word List

PRECIPITOUS

precipitate

The meaning of the word precipitous is precipitate.

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compartmenta separate division or section
acquiesceto accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
plethoraan ample amount or number : abundance
tempestuousof, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent
respirationthe movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs
stumbleto fall into sin or waywardness
juntaa council or committee for political or governmental purposes
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
sartorialof or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes
apothegma short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism