GRE Word List
DILATORY
tending or intended to cause delay
The meaning of the word dilatory is tending or intended to cause delay.
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|---|---|
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |