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 |
|---|---|
| transcendental | transcendent |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |