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 |
|---|---|
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |