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 |
|---|---|
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |