GRE Word List

RETRACT

to draw back or in

The meaning of the word retract is to draw back or in.

Random words

WordMeaning
misconductmismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities
sleekslick
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
spatefreshet
discordlack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas)
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
advocacythe act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate
finickyextremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
amplegenerous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity