GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| primal | original |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |