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 |
|---|---|
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |