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 |
|---|---|
| dart | a light spear |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |