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 |
|---|---|
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| finery | ornament |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |