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 |
|---|---|
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| gnarl | snarl |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| misadventure | misfortune |