Today’s “Word of the Day” is precipitous and it is an adjective meaning “sudden, rapid, swift, abrupt, quick, fast, unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseen”.
Example Sentence: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the apex international body that tracks climate change, projects increasingly gloomy scenarios for what might happen as levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere increase. Their reports anticipate more and more events of extreme weather and dramatic temperature fluctuations, leading to a precipitous reduction of biodiversity, and permanent habitat loss for many species.
This word is present in The Hindu article A lexicon of loss: we lack adequate concepts to describe our role in making the planet imminently unliveable and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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