GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| schism | division |
| introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |