GRE Word List
PREDECESSOR
one that precedes
The meaning of the word predecessor is one that precedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| scourge | whip |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |