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 |
|---|---|
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |