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 |
|---|---|
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| colloquy | conversation |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |