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 |
|---|---|
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |