GRE Word List
RETIRING
reserved
The meaning of the word retiring is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |