GRE Word List
RETIRING
shy and reserved (of a person); modest; Ex. her retiring personality
The meaning of the word retiring is shy and reserved (of a person); modest; Ex. her retiring personality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wreak | inflict; Ex. wreak one's vengeance on |
| redress | remedy; compensation; Ex. seek redress for the damage to your car; V: put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong); make amends for |
| abash | embarrass |
| queasy | experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily nauseated; squeamish; Ex. feel a little queasy |
| pulchritude | beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous |
| fluster | confuse; make nervous and confused; N. |
| martial | warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law |
| wrinkle | small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth); V. |
| gainsay | deny |
| scabbard | case for a sword blade; sheath |
