GRE Word List
UNPRECEDENTED
having no precedent : novel
The meaning of the word unprecedented is having no precedent : novel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |