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 |
|---|---|
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |