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 |
|---|---|
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| commune | talk over |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| fabricate | invent |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |