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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |