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 |
|---|---|
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| sibling | sib |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |