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 |
|---|---|
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |