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 |
|---|---|
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |