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 |
|---|---|
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| dys- | abnormal |