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 |
|---|---|
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| implode | to burst inward |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |