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 |
|---|---|
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| duration | continuance in time |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |