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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |