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 |
|---|---|
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |