GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
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Word | Meaning |
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hallowed | holy |
improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
filth | foul or putrid matter |
bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |