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 |
|---|---|
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |