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 |
|---|---|
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |