GRE Word List

RETRENCH

cut down

The meaning of the word retrench is cut down.

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mustera representative specimen (see specimen
expiateto make amends for
bruisean injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion
precociousexceptionally early in development or occurrence
combustiblecapable of combustion
facetiousjoking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
grudgingunwilling
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
ameliorateto make better or more tolerable
exacerbateto make more violent, bitter, or severe