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 |
|---|---|
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |