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 |
|---|---|
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| demise | death |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |