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 |
|---|---|
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| invalid | not valid: |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |