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 |
|---|---|
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |