GRE Word List
RETIRING
reserved
The meaning of the word retiring is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| inanimate | not animate: |