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 |
|---|---|
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| obscure | dark |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |