GRE Word List
RETRENCH
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The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| queasy | causing nausea |