GRE Word List
PRECURSOR
one that precedes and indicates the approach of another
The meaning of the word precursor is one that precedes and indicates the approach of another.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| duration | continuance in time |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état |