GRE Word List
DILATORY
delaying; tending to delay
The meaning of the word dilatory is delaying; tending to delay.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fructify | bear fruit; produce fruit |
| incubate | hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease |
| libretto | text of an opera or oratorio; CF. book |
| coax | persuade by flattery |
| spruce | neat and trim in appearance; smart; Ex. Be spruce for your job interview; V. |
| trigger | set off; start |
| subsistence | existence; means of subsisting; means of support; livelihood; V. subsist: exist; maintain life (at a meager level) |
| persevere | continue steadily in spite of difficulties |
| celibate | abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy |
| tenacity | firmness; persistence |
