GRE Word List

RETARD

to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment

The meaning of the word retard is to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment.

Random words

WordMeaning
furtivedone in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious
grovelto creep with the face to the ground : crawl
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ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
confoundto throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity
exhumedisinter
turpitudeinherent baseness : depravity
mirthgladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
burgeonto send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout
calculatedapt