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 |
|---|---|
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| arid | excessively dry |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| grudging | unwilling |