GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| forte | one's strong point |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |