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 |
|---|---|
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |