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 |
|---|---|
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| hubbub | noise |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |