GRE Word List
UNPRECEDENTED
having no precedent : novel
The meaning of the word unprecedented is having no precedent : novel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |