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 |
|---|---|
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| colloquy | conversation |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |