GRE Word List

RETRENCH

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The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.

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excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract
piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
biliousof or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile
obeliskan upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid
opportunistone that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism
meandera winding path or course
veritablebeing in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary
tableta flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription
refuseto express oneself as unwilling to accept
seedycontaining or full of seeds