GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |