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 |
|---|---|
| fuddle | booze |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| filigree | ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |