GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| malediction | curse |