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 |
|---|---|
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |