GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |