GRE Word List

PREDECESSOR

one that precedes

The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.

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WordMeaning
flamboyantmarked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior
credulityreadiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence
funerealof or relating to a funeral
engenderbeget
skimto clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance
implicitcapable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied
profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
histrionicdeliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical
stricturean abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition