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 |
|---|---|
| conscientious | meticulous |
| expatriate | banish |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |