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 |
|---|---|
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |