GRE Word List
PRECIPITOUS
precipitate
The meaning of the word precipitous is precipitate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |