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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WordMeaning
divaprima donna
rehabilitateto restore to a former capacity : reinstate
dawdleto spend time idly
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
jubilationan act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant
knacka special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach
faunaanimal life
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
rejuvenateto make young or youthful again : give new vigor to
touchingcapable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion