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 |
|---|---|
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |