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 |
|---|---|
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |