GRE Word List
RETIRING
reserved
The meaning of the word retiring is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |