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 |
|---|---|
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |