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 |
|---|---|
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |