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 |
|---|---|
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |