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 |
|---|---|
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |