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 |
|---|---|
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |