GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| provident | frugal |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |