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 |
|---|---|
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |