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 |
|---|---|
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |