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 |
|---|---|
| alleviate | relieve |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| noisome | noxious |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |