GRE Word List
RETRIEVE
to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game)
The meaning of the word retrieve is to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| welter | writhe |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |