GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abortive | prematurely born |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| fester | to generate pus |