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 |
|---|---|
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| raiment | clothing |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |