GRE Word List
RETENTIVE
having the power, property, or capacity of retaining
The meaning of the word retentive is having the power, property, or capacity of retaining.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| puerile | juvenile |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| marrow | bone marrow |