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 |
|---|---|
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |