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 |
|---|---|
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |