GRE Word List

RETAIN

to keep in possession or use

The meaning of the word retain is to keep in possession or use.

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WordMeaning
terminalleading ultimately to death : fatal
vigoractive bodily or mental strength or force
frugalitythe quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift
magnanimitythe quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
vendettablood feud
witherto become dry and sapless
insinuateto impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply
communalof or relating to one or more communes
demographicthe statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets