GRE Word List

RETIRING

reserved

The meaning of the word retiring is reserved.

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WordMeaning
compulsorymandatory
threshto separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically
abominableworthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable
meretriciousof or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
friskto search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
forgea furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy
feuda mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
slighthaving a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body