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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thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
slacken | to make less active : slow up |
quarry | game |
ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |