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 |
|---|---|
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |