GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |