GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
expiate | to make amends for |
bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
combustible | capable of combustion |
facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
grudging | unwilling |
interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |