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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unguenta soothing or healing salve : ointment
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
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predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication
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braggarta loud arrogant boaster
forlornbereft
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