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.

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WordMeaning
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
authoritativehaving, marked by, or proceeding from authority
paranoiamental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
impenitentnot penitent
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
mirthgladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
diatribea bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing
stridentcharacterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound