GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| skiff | any of various small boats |