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 |
|---|---|
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| fell | skin |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |