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 |
|---|---|
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| sleek | slick |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| spate | freshet |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |