GRE Word List
PROTRACT
to prolong in time or space : continue
The meaning of the word protract is to prolong in time or space : continue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| cataclysm | flood |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| purse | a small bag for money |