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 |
|---|---|
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
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| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| sere | being dried and withered |