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 |
|---|---|
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |