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 |
|---|---|
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
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