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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|---|---|
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |