GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| regime | regimen |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| enhance | heighten |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |