Old Flashcards
1
Q
Vestige
A
Remaining little pieces of something, last trace
2
Q
Precursor
A
a person or thing that comes before another of the same kind; a forerunner., predes
“a three-stringed precursor of the violin”
predecessor
3
Q
Rustic
A
Means rural, lacking urban comfort, primitive
Lacking in sophistication
4
Q
Antecedents
A
Ancestors, forefathers
a thing that existed before or logically precedes another.
“some antecedents to the African novel might exist in Africa’s oral traditions”
5
Q
Unprecedented
A
Entirely new
6
Q
Conversational
A
Common, customary,and unexceptional
7
Q
Rudimentary
A
Basic, crude,unformed
8
Q
Adage
A
Old saying
9
Q
precedent
A
An earlier example of something or someone
