GRE Word List
RESERVE
to hold in reserve : keep back
The meaning of the word reserve is to hold in reserve : keep back.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |