GRE Word List
RETIRING
reserved
The meaning of the word retiring is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |