GRE Word List
RETROSPECTIVE
looking back on the past; N. retrospection; V. retrospect
The meaning of the word retrospective is looking back on the past; N. retrospection; V. retrospect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precipitate | hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten; cause to happen sooner; condense and fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution; ADJ. hasty; rash; premature; sudden |
| charlatan | quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine) |
| affirmation | positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination |
| cavil | quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily |
| religious | of religion; (of a person) pious; having reverence for a deity |
| sovereignty | complete independence and self-government (of a country); supremacy of authority; power to govern |
| fallow | (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality); uncultivated |
| invalid | one incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness; ADJ: incapacitated by illness; not valid; null; V: allow to leave (a military force) because of ill-health |
| recapitulate | summarize |
| lachrymose | producing tears; tearful |
