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 |
|---|---|
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| haggard | not tamed |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |