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 |
|---|---|
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |