GRE Word List

PREDECESSOR

one that precedes

The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.

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WordMeaning
disjointedbeing thrown out of orderly function
insubordinationdisobedient to authority
flamboyantmarked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior
obituarya notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
dallyto act playfully
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
casualsubject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance
suppositionsomething that is supposed : hypothesis
overwroughtextremely excited : agitated