GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| scourge | whip |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |