Vocabulary Word
Word: precipitous
Definition: steep; overhasty; precipitate
Definition: steep; overhasty; precipitate
Sentences Containing 'precipitous'
A little way up the hill, for instance, was a great heap of granite, bound together by masses of aluminium, a vast labyrinth of precipitous walls and crumpled heaps, amidst which were thick heaps of very beautiful pagoda-like plants--nettles possibly--but wonderfully tinted with brown about the leaves, and incapable of stinging.
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::: beguile - deceive; mislead or delude; cheat; pass time pleasantly; charm or attract; Ex. beguiling smile
::: mock - ridicule; deride; imitate often in derision
::: labile - likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability
::: stipple - paint or draw with dots or short strokes
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::: outlandish - bizzare; peculiar; unconventional
