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 |
|---|---|
| steep | lofty |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |