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 |
|---|---|
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |