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 |
|---|---|
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |