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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| ballast | a 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) |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |