GRE Word List
RETIRING
reserved
The meaning of the word retiring is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| forlorn | bereft |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |