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 |
|---|---|
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| impuissance | weakness |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |