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 |
|---|---|
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |