GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |