Precipitate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard
Precipitate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard
/prɪˈsɪp.ɪ.teɪt/ (adj & verb)
to make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected, hasten, accelerate, give rise to, trigger, (of a liquid) to become solid, hasty, hurried, abrupt, headlong, ill-considered, impetuous, impulsive, prompt, rash, reckless, sudden, careless, unexpected, swift, quick, rapid, precipitous:
An invasion would certainly precipitate a political crisis.
Cooling the beaker helps precipitate the compound.
Don’t be precipitate – think it through before you make a decision.
Antonyms
deliberate, considered, slow
Parts of Speech
- Adjective: precipitous
- Adverb: precipitously
- Adverb: precipitately
- Noun: precipitation
- Noun: precipitator
