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 |
|---|---|
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
