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 |
|---|---|
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |