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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WordMeaning
clandestinemarked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious
indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
ludicrousamusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
soarto fly aloft or about
canarda false or unfounded report or story
intangiblenot tangible : impalpable
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
propagateto cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction