GRE Word List

UNPRECEDENTED

having no precedent : novel

The meaning of the word unprecedented is having no precedent : novel.

Random words

WordMeaning
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
chaoticmarked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered
lamentto mourn aloud : wail
exudeto ooze out
lavishexpending or bestowing profusely : prodigal
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
glareto shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light
masticateto grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them