GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| growl | rumble |
| scotch | scottish |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |