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 |
|---|---|
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| hubbub | noise |
| fleck | streak |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| reverberate | reflect |