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 |
|---|---|
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |