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 |
|---|---|
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| overweening | arrogant |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |