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 |
|---|---|
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |