GRE Word List
RETRIEVE
recover; put right; find and bring in; regain; Ex. retrieve the situation
The meaning of the word retrieve is recover; put right; find and bring in; regain; Ex. retrieve the situation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grim | causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile |
| oatmeal | crushed oats used for making porridge |
| foray | raid; sudden raid or military advance; V. |
| ebb | (of the tide) recede; lessen; diminish; N. OP. flow: rise of tide |
| acquittal | deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner |
| invidious | designed to create ill will or envy; tending to rouse ill will or envy; Ex. invidious comparison |
| elegy | poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal, elegiac |
| annul | make void |
| synchronous | similarly timed; simultaneous with; occurring at the same time; V. synchronize |
| amok | in a state of rage; Ex. run amok |
