GRE Word List
PRECOCIOUS
exceptionally early in development or occurrence
The meaning of the word precocious is exceptionally early in development or occurrence.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| score | twenty |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |