GRE Word List
TRENCHANT
keen
The meaning of the word trenchant is keen.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |