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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disembarkto remove to shore from a ship
flinchto withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince
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resolveto deal with successfully : clear up
derelictabandoned especially by the owner or occupant
seetheto suffer violent internal excitement
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
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