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 |
|---|---|
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| dire | exciting horror |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |