GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| championship | designation as champion |
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |