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 |
|---|---|
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| retrench | cut down |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |