GRE Word List
RETIRING
reserved
The meaning of the word retiring is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| parlance | speech |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| plane | airplane |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |