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 |
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wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |