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 |
|---|---|
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |