GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| puerile | juvenile |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |