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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |