Vocabulary Word
Word: retroactive
Definition: taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future
Definition: taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future
More Vocab Words
::: deserts - what someone deserves::: shrivel - make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)
::: conversant - familiar with; having knowledge of
::: validate - make valid; confirm; ratify
::: deadlock - standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces; stalemate
::: counterpart - thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system
::: expunge - cancel; remove a word or name (from a book or list); erase
::: facile - easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facilitates an action; amenity; Ex. with great facility
::: fortuitous - accidental; by chance; N. fortuity
::: seminary - school for training future ministers; secondary school, especially for young women
