GRE Word List

RETRENCH

cut down

The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.

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WordMeaning
nimblequick and light in motion : agile
imbueendow
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
overblownpast the prime of bloom
fetishan object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
potentialexisting in possibility : capable of development into actuality
unaccountablenot to be accounted for : inexplicable
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund