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 |
|---|---|
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |