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

WordMeaning
prohibitivetending to prohibit or restrain
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
rakishof, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute
filibusteran irregular military adventurer
overtopen to view : manifest
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
necromancyconjuration (see conjure
abodethe place where one lives : home
sledgesledgehammer
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete