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 |
|---|---|
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |