GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |