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 |
|---|---|
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |