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 |
|---|---|
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |