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 |
|---|---|
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |