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 |
|---|---|
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |