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 |
|---|---|
| pungent | sharply painful |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| viable | capable of living |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |