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 |
|---|---|
| meander | a winding path or course |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| bulk | magnitude |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |