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 |
|---|---|
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| concur | to express agreement |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |