GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |