GRE Word List
BELATED
delayed beyond the usual time
The meaning of the word belated is delayed beyond the usual time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |