ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPprecipice
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precipice
Meaning: very steep cliff or dangerous drop
precipice in a sentence
How precipice is used in real sentences:
The ruined fortress stood on a precipice above the sea.
The goats moved confidently along the narrow precipice while the hikers kept their distance.
“The trial placed museum science on a precipice: if Vale could defeat every accepted test, confidence in authentication might collapse.”
— from the passage The Counterfeit Lesson
Synonyms for precipice
Other words for precipice — cliff, crag and escarpment — carry the same meaning.
- cliff
- crag
- escarpment
Antonyms of precipice
Words that mean the opposite of precipice:
- plain
- lowland
- valley
Where it comes from
From Latin praecipitium, meaning 'a steep fall.'
Memory hook
PRECIPICE starts like PRECIPITATE, to fall suddenly: a precipice has a steep drop.