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 |
|---|---|
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| inundate | overwhelm |