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 |
|---|---|
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |