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 |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| sibling | sib |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |