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 |
|---|---|
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| clime | climate |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |