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 |
|---|---|
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |