GRE Word List

TRENCHANT

keen

The meaning of the word trenchant is keen.

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bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
purgatoryan intermediate state after death for expiatory purification
selectiveof, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select
nutrientfurnishing nourishment
abusiveusing harsh, insulting language
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
debarto bar from having or doing something : preclude
tangiblecapable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable
rectifyto set right : remedy
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter