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 |
|---|---|
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| crass | gross |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |