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 |
|---|---|
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |