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 |
|---|---|
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| pugilist | fighter |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |