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 |
|---|---|
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| gnarl | snarl |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |