GRE Word List
TARDY
moving slowly : sluggish
The meaning of the word tardy is moving slowly : sluggish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| gyroscope | a 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 |