GRE Word List

HALTING

marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness

The meaning of the word halting is marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness.

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statutoryof or relating to statutes
persistto go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
importunatetroublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand
studiedcarefully considered or prepared : thoughtful
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
generalitythe quality or state of being general
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
perimeterthe boundary of a closed plane figure
harrowingacutely distressing or painful