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 |
|---|---|
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| seemly | good-looking |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |