GRE Word List
UNPRECEDENTED
having no precedent : novel
The meaning of the word unprecedented is having no precedent : novel.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| sublimate | sublime |