GRE Word List
RETRENCH
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The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enhance | heighten |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |