GRE Word List
PROCRASTINATE
to put off intentionally and habitually
The meaning of the word procrastinate is to put off intentionally and habitually.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |