GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| colloquy | conversation |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| provenance | origin |