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precocious

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore P words

showing mature qualities or abilities at an unusually early age

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Precocious in a sentence

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The precocious child was reading novels by the age of five.

Synonyms
advancedgiftedmatureforward
Antonyms
backwardunderdevelopedslow
Common questions

Questions about “precocious

Precocious (adjective) means showing mature qualities or abilities at an unusually early age
Here is precocious used in an example sentence: "The precocious child was reading novels by the age of five."
Common synonyms for precocious include advanced, gifted, mature, forward.
Antonyms of precocious include backward, underdeveloped, slow.
Precocious is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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