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

WordMeaning
draftthe act of drawing or pulling in a net
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
crevicea narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure
discretionindividual choice or judgment
trampletramp
sproutto grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
proteanof or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms
disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
malcontenta discontented person:
seepto flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze