GRE Word List

RETRENCH

cut down

The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.

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porridgea soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick
lotterya drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance
primogeniturethe state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents
marginthe part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter
recipientone that receives : receiver
consolean architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament
analgesican agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
puerilejuvenile
componenta constituent part : ingredient