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

WordMeaning
deferencerespect and esteem due a superior or an elder
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
marredto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
listlesscharacterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit
consanguineousof the same blood or origin
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
demurereserved
effluviuman invisible emanation
colandera perforated utensil for washing or draining food