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 |
|---|---|
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| reverberate | reflect |