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 |
|---|---|
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| spate | freshet |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |