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 |
|---|---|
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |