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Precocious 1100 Words You Need

Precocious 1100 Words You Need

/prɪˈkəʊ.ʃəs/ (adj)

(especially of children) showing unusually early mental development or achievement, advanced, intelligent, bright, highbrow, ingenious, gifted, talented, articulate, clever, mature:

A precocious child, she went to university at the age of 15.

She recorded her first CD at the precocious age of 12.

Antonyms

retarded, immature

Parts of Speech

  • Noun: precociousness
  • Adverb: precociously

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