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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |