GRE Word List
WITHHOLD
to hold back from action : check
The meaning of the word withhold is to hold back from action : check.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |