GRE Word List
RETROACTIVE
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
The meaning of the word retroactive is extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| reckon | count |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |