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 |
|---|---|
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |