GRE Word List
FORERUNNER
one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as
The meaning of the word forerunner is one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |