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 |
|---|---|
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |