GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ramification | branch |
| overweening | arrogant |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |