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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| encompass | include |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| wanton | merciless |