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 |
|---|---|
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| catholic | roman catholic |