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 |
|---|---|
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| overweening | arrogant |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |