GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |