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 |
|---|---|
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| motley | variegated in color |
| intermediary | mediator |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |