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

WordMeaning
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
physiognomythe art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
smolderto burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke
indicativeserving to indicate
exceptionablebeing likely to cause objection : objectionable
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
commemorateto call to remembrance
decrepitudethe quality or state of being decrepit