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 |
|---|---|
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| overwhelm | upset |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |