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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| 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 |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |