GRE Word List
SLACKEN
to make less active : slow up
The meaning of the word slacken is to make less active : slow up.
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|---|---|
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| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| engender | beget |
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| antecede | precede |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
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