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 |
|---|---|
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |