GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| exude | to ooze out |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |