GRE Word List
SUBSEQUENT
following in time, order, or place
The meaning of the word subsequent is following in time, order, or place.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| conflagration | fire |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |