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 |
|---|---|
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| hirsute | hairy |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |