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 |
|---|---|
| antecede | precede |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |