GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| querulous | habitually complaining |