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 |
|---|---|
| gnome | maxim |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |