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 |
|---|---|
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| concentric | having a common center |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |