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 |
|---|---|
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| quarry | game |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |