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 |
|---|---|
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| swill | wash |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |