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 |
|---|---|
| deify | to make a god of |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |