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 |
|---|---|
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |