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 |
|---|---|
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |