GRE Word List
RETAIN
to keep in possession or use
The meaning of the word retain is to keep in possession or use.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| delve | excavate |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |