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 |
|---|---|
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |