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 |
|---|---|
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| fluke | flatfish |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| wreak | bring about |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |