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 |
|---|---|
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| onus | burden |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |