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 |
|---|---|
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| flighty | swift |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |