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 |
|---|---|
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| historic | historical |