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.

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WordMeaning
agglomerationthe action or process of collecting in a mass
ordinationthe act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
preternaturalexisting outside of nature
quenchput out
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
stricturean abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage
pantomimepantomimist
perpetrateto bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit
intractablenot easily governed, managed, or directed