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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gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
gangrenelocal death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
asunderinto parts
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
unseemlynot seemly: such as
auspiciousshowing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
incursiona hostile entrance into a territory : raid
pillorya device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked