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 |
|---|---|
| impuissance | weakness |
| billow | wave |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |