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 |
|---|---|
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| resign | relegate |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| schism | division |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |