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 |
|---|---|
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| aptitude | inclination |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |