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 |
|---|---|
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| refrain | curb |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |