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 |
|---|---|
| paradigm | example |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |