GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |