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 |
|---|---|
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| pilfer | steal |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| contrive | devise |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |