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 |
|---|---|
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| medley | a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces |
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| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |