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 |
|---|---|
| dynamo | generator |
| verge | brink |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |