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 |
|---|---|
| lout | to bow in respect |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| meander | a winding path or course |