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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WordMeaning
detainto hold or keep in or as if in custody
deducibleto determine by reasoning or deduction
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
imminentready to take place : happening soon
labilereadily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable
prurientmarked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
consignto give over to another's care
susceptiblecapable of submitting to an action, process, or operation
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously