GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cataclysm | flood |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |