GRE Word List
RETRENCH
cut down
The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |