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 |
|---|---|
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |