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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WordMeaning
legacya gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
shearto cut off the hair from
empiricaloriginating in or based on observation or experience
recessionthe act or action of receding : withdrawal
ferventvery hot : glowing
defunctno longer living, existing, or functioning
pryto look closely or inquisitively
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air