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 |
|---|---|
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
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| sublimate | sublime |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |