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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |