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 |
|---|---|
| rarefied | being less dense |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |