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 |
|---|---|
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |