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
resortone that affords aid or refuge : resource
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
chideto speak out in angry or displeased rebuke
physiologicalof or relating to physiology
defrockto deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office
tenurethe act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)
accedeto express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand
hinterlandsa region lying inland from a coast
podiatristthe medical care and treatment of the human foot
ordainto invest (see invest