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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| vixen | a female fox |