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 |
|---|---|
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| forlorn | bereft |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| sportive | frolicsome |