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 |
|---|---|
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| condign | deserved |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| coalesce | to grow together |