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 |
|---|---|
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| outlook | a place offering a view |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |