GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| implode | to burst inward |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |