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
attritionsorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God
vagrantone who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water
genealogyan account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
skeptican adherent or advocate of skepticism
dodderingfeeble
factiousof or relating to faction: such as
expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
plenarycomplete in every respect : absolute