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 |
|---|---|
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |