GRE Word List
WITHHOLD
to hold back from action : check
The meaning of the word withhold is to hold back from action : check.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |