GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| grudging | unwilling |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |