GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| dour | stern |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |