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 |
|---|---|
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |