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 |
|---|---|
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |