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 |
|---|---|
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |