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 |
|---|---|
| amity | friendship |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| arid | excessively dry |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| dint | force |