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 |
|---|---|
| flighty | swift |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |