GRE Word List

RETIRING

reserved

The meaning of the word retiring is reserved.

Random words

WordMeaning
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
hivea container for housing honeybees
fouloffensive to the senses : loathsome
transitoryof brief duration : temporary
pedanticof, relating to, or being a pedant
convulsionan abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles
enfranchiseto set free (as from slavery)
overseesurvey
facetany of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration)
compileto compose out of materials from other documents