retention

Day 41Level 1

ri-TEN-shuhn

withholding

the act of retaining or state of being retained; withholding

Part of Speech: noun

Example Sentence:

A sluggish circulation and water retention are problems which are often taken for granted by an overweight person, as is a slow metabolism.

Related Words

contamination

uh-duhl-tuh-REY-shuhn

making impure in quality; contamination

leniency

KLEH-muhn-see

merciful leniency

aware

KOG-nuh-zuhnt

being fully informed or aware of

quarrelsome

kun-TEN-shuhs

causing argument; quarrelsome

cranky person

kuhr-MUH-juhn

a cranky, bad-tempered person

to depict

dih-LIN-ee-eyt

to describe or explain something in detail