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 |
|---|---|
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| mystic | mystical |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |