GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exegesis | exposition |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |