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 |
|---|---|
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |