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 |
|---|---|
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |