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
advertto turn the mind or attention
jabto pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
proliferateto grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
amorousstrongly moved by love and especially sexual love
affrontto insult especially to the face by behavior or language
truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
barda tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds
biliousof 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
contentiouslikely to cause disagreement or argument