SAT vocabulary
Inchoative
relating to the beginning or earliest stages of a period, project, or process
Example
"The scientist presented only inchoative findings, warning that further experimentation was needed to confirm the hypothesis."
Etymology
From Latin inchoativus, from inchoare meaning 'to begin or start upon'
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