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 |
|---|---|
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| provident | frugal |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |