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 |
|---|---|
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |