GRE Word List

RETRENCH

cut down

The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.

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WordMeaning
quagmiresoft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
deliberateto think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully
wastrelvagabond
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
serratednotched or toothed on the edge
avowto declare assuredly
disproportionlack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity
foilto prevent from attaining an end : defeat
igneousformed by solidification of magma