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corrigible  (cor·ri·gi·ble) adj.

DEFINITION:  capable of being set right, reformed or improved.

EXAMPLE OF CORRIGIBLE:

• There are corrigible lapses in the author’s grammar, but nothing that a good editor cannot readily fix.

 SYNONYMS:  correctable, fixable, remediable, redeemable, repairable

precocious  [pre·co·cious] adj. 

DEFINITION:   1. exceptionally early in development or occurrence  2. exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age

EXAMPLES OF PRECOCIOUS:

• She was a precocious child who could read before she went to school.
• A precocious musician, he was giving concerts when he was seven.

SYNONYMS:  inopportune, early, premature, unreasonable, untimely

 recuperate  (re·cu·pe·rate) verb

DEFINITION: 1.to regain health after an illness 2. to bring back into use or currency

EXAMPLES OF RECUPERATE:

• Although she left the hospital two days after her operation, it took her a few weeks to fully recuperate.
• She took a day off to recuperate.

SYNONYMS: improve, get better, recover, convalesce

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