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 |
|---|---|
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| random | a haphazard course |
| exhume | disinter |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| flounder | flatfish |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |