GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concentric | having a common center |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| demise | death |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |