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 |
|---|---|
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| puerile | juvenile |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |