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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
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| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
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| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
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