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 |
|---|---|
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
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| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |