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 |
|---|---|
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |