GRE Word List
TARDY
moving slowly : sluggish
The meaning of the word tardy is moving slowly : sluggish.
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| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |