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 |
|---|---|
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |