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 |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
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| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |