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 |
|---|---|
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| brink | edge |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| scotch | scottish |