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 |
|---|---|
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| pedagogue | teacher |