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 |
|---|---|
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| guileless | innocent |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| lunar | crescent |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |