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 |
|---|---|
| fell | skin |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |