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 |
|---|---|
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| impuissance | weakness |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |