GRE Word List
TRENCHANT
keen
The meaning of the word trenchant is keen.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |