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 |
|---|---|
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |