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 |
|---|---|
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
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| snivel | to run at the nose |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| polity | political organization |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |