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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| coalesce | to grow together |
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| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |