GRE Word List
RETIRING
reserved
The meaning of the word retiring is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |