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
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
confluencea coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point
desecrateto violate the sanctity of : profane
receptiveable or inclined to receive
reciprocalinversely related : opposite
vivaciouslively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly
studiousassiduous in the pursuit of learning
plasticitythe quality or state of being plastic
coercionthe act, process, or power of coercing