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 |
|---|---|
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |