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 |
|---|---|
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |