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 |
|---|---|
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
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| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |