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 |
|---|---|
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| cursive | running |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| antecede | precede |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |