GRE Word List
RETROSPECTIVE
of, relating to, or given to retrospection
The meaning of the word retrospective is of, relating to, or given to retrospection.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |