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 |
|---|---|
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| schism | division |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |