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 |
|---|---|
| addle | rotten |
| hortatory | hortative |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| guy | man |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| sheer | unqualified |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |