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 |
|---|---|
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |