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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| espouse | marry |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |