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 |
|---|---|
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| nourishment | food |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |