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 |
|---|---|
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |