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 |
|---|---|
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |