GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |