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 |
|---|---|
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| dilute | attenuate |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| purported | reputed |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |