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

WordMeaning
tickleto touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
gaudyostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
soarto fly aloft or about
reconnaissancea preliminary survey to gain information
atrophydecrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
salutaryproducing a beneficial effect : remedial
invidiousof an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious
incongruitythe quality or state of being incongruous
cerebralof or relating to the brain or the intellect
virtueconformity to a standard of right : morality