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 |
|---|---|
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |