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 |
|---|---|
| potentate | ruler |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| malediction | curse |