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precipitous

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore P words

dangerously steep, or done with excessive haste

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Precipitous in a sentence

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Sales took a precipitous drop after the recall was announced.

Synonyms
steepabruptsheerheadlong
Antonyms
gradualgentlecautious

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Verbal · Text Completion

Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Precipitous (adjective) means dangerously steep, or done with excessive haste
Here is precipitous used in an example sentence: "Sales took a precipitous drop after the recall was announced."
Common synonyms for precipitous include steep, abrupt, sheer, headlong.
Antonyms of precipitous include gradual, gentle, cautious.
Precipitous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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