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 |
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| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| gnome | maxim |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
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| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |