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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WordMeaning
brookcreek
stoica member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
vouchsafeto grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
osseousbony
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
lowhaving a small upward extension or elevation
vassala person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant
bridlethe headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit