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 |
|---|---|
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| puerile | juvenile |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |