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 |
|---|---|
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| repercussion | reflection |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |