GRE Word List
RETAIN
to keep in possession or use
The meaning of the word retain is to keep in possession or use.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| dire | exciting horror |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |