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 |
|---|---|
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| shack | hut |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |