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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
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| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |