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 |
|---|---|
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| acme | the highest point or stage |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |