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 |
|---|---|
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| whimsy | whim |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| hurl | rush |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |