GRE Word List

TARDY

moving slowly : sluggish

The meaning of the word tardy is moving slowly : sluggish.

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WordMeaning
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
dowseto plunge into water
elaborationplanned or carried out with great care
oblivionthe fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness
wardthe action or process of guarding
prowessdistinguished bravery
platitudethe quality or state of being dull or insipid
disheartento cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale
avertto turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin