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 |
|---|---|
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |