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 |
|---|---|
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| ebullient | boiling |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| sublimate | sublime |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| arid | excessively dry |