GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| billowing | wave |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |