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 |
|---|---|
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |