GRE Word List
DILATORY
tending or intended to cause delay
The meaning of the word dilatory is tending or intended to cause delay.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| debonair | suave |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| polity | political organization |
| debut | a first appearance |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
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| putrefy | to make putrid |