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 |
|---|---|
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |