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.

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WordMeaning
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund
snickerto laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter
tediumthe quality or state of being tedious : tediousness
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
amalgamateto unite in or as if in an amalgam
gamutthe whole series of recognized musical notes
cogentappealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing
mashto reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
blightedaffected with blight (see blight