GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purse | a small bag for money |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| spate | freshet |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |