GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |