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 |
|---|---|
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |