GRE Word List
RETRENCH
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The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |