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 |
|---|---|
| defer | put off |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |