GRE Word List
BELATED
delayed beyond the usual time
The meaning of the word belated is delayed beyond the usual time.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| convention | agreement |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |