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 |
|---|---|
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |