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 |
|---|---|
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |