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 |
|---|---|
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |