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 |
|---|---|
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |