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 |
|---|---|
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| engender | beget |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| gazette | newspaper |