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 |
|---|---|
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| scion | descendant |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |