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 |
|---|---|
| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |