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 |
|---|---|
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| calorific | caloric |