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 |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |