GRE Word List
RETIRING
reserved
The meaning of the word retiring is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| render | to melt down |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |