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

WordMeaning
cemeterya burial ground
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
spliceto unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
allocateto apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute
pontificalepiscopal attire
homelysuggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home
spendthrifta person who spends improvidently or wastefully
inundateoverwhelm