GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| addle | rotten |