GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precipitous | precipitate |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| imbibe | drink |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |