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 |
|---|---|
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
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| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
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| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |