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 |
|---|---|
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| sidetrack | siding |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| privy | private |