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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WordMeaning
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
auspiciousshowing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
etymologythe 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
vulgarlacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse
occludeto close up or block off : obstruct
amenableliable to be brought to account : answerable
nefariousflagrantly wicked or impious : evil
gossamera film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather
blueof the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue
inasmuch_assince; owing to the fact that