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 |
|---|---|
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |