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 |
|---|---|
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |