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 |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| garnish | decorate |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| lode | waterway |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |