GRE Word List
RETRACT
to draw back or in
The meaning of the word retract is to draw back or in.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| delusive | likely to delude |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| trance | stupor |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |