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 |
|---|---|
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| sublimate | sublime |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| wreak | bring about |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |