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 |
|---|---|
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |