GRE Word List
PRECOCIOUS
advanced in development; N. precocity
The meaning of the word precocious is advanced in development; N. precocity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| truncate | cut the top off; shorten |
| retrench | cut down; cut down expenses; economize |
| bulge | protruding part; swelling of a surface; Ex. The apple made a bulge in his pocket; V: swell outward; protrude |
| maternal | motherly; N. maternity: motherhood |
| tablet | small round piece of medicine; flat piece of stone or metal bearing an inscription; Ex. stone tablet on the wall |
| vagrant | homeless wanderer |
| coquette | flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; V. |
| exasperate | vex; annoy or make angry (by testing the patience) |
| realm | kingdom; field or sphere; Ex. not within the realms of possibility |
| subterfuge | stratagem(deceptive scheme); pretense; evasion; Ex. resort to a harmless subterfuge |
