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 |
|---|---|
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| deify | to make a god of |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |