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 |
|---|---|
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| malediction | curse |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |