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 |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| defer | put off |