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 |
|---|---|
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| impinge | encroach |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| tawny | of the color tawny |