GRE Word List

RETRENCH

cut down

The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.

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WordMeaning
advocateone who defends or maintains a cause or proposal
multilingualof, having, or expressed in several languages
gregarioustending to associate with others of one's kind : social
manneredhaving manners of a specified kind
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
problematicposing a problem : difficult to solve or decide
abscissionthe act or process of cutting off : removal
titillateto excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation
meteto give out by measure : dole out