GRE Word List
RETRACT
to draw back or in
The meaning of the word retract is to draw back or in.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
| engender | beget |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |