GRE Word List

RETRENCH

cut down

The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.

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WordMeaning
conventionagreement
lacerationthe act of lacerating
gratiswithout charge or recompense : free
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
discriminateto mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of
limboan abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism
subsistencereal being : existence
vaingloriousmarked by vainglory : boastful
renditionthe act or result of rendering something: such as