GRE Word List
PRECOCIOUS
exceptionally early in development or occurrence
The meaning of the word precocious is exceptionally early in development or occurrence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |