GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| nexus | connection |
| fiend | devil |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| opulence | wealth |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |