GRE Word List
RETIRING
reserved
The meaning of the word retiring is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |