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 |
|---|---|
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |