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 |
|---|---|
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| malediction | curse |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| ravenous | rapacious |