GRE Word List
SUBSEQUENT
following in time, order, or place
The meaning of the word subsequent is following in time, order, or place.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |