GRE Word List

PRECEDENT

prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance

The meaning of the word precedent is prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance.

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coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
percussionthe act of percussing: such as
curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
primaloriginal
vortexsomething that resembles a whirlpool
solitudethe quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion
pranktrick
presentimenta feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition
fitacceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper
monasticof or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns