GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |