GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| passe | past one's prime |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |