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 |
|---|---|
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |