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 |
|---|---|
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |