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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WordMeaning
transcendentaltranscendent
chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
discursivemoving from topic to topic without order : rambling
inanelacking significance, meaning, or point : silly
sullengloomily or resentfully silent or repressed
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
talonthe claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey
ellipticalof, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland