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 |
|---|---|
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |