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 |
|---|---|
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| stilted | pompous |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |