GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |