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 |
|---|---|
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| lax | loose |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| repercussion | reflection |