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 |
|---|---|
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |