GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |