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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WordMeaning
debarto bar from having or doing something : preclude
absolveto set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt
insinuateto impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply
durationcontinuance in time
incorporealnot corporeal : having no material body or form
inopportuneinconvenient
slaughterthe act of killing
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
equityjustice according to natural law or right