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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |