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 |
|---|---|
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| amend | to put right |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| historic | historical |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |