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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| quench | put out |