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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |