GRE Word List
RETIRING
reserved
The meaning of the word retiring is reserved.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |