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
hegemonypreponderant influence or authority over others : domination
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
opportunistone that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism
forebodingthe act of one who forebodes
demisedeath
unassailablenot assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question
baubletrinket
suavitysmoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
decantto draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead