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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| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |