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 |
|---|---|
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |