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 |
|---|---|
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |