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 |
|---|---|
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| shambles | a meat market |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
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| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
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| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |