GRE Word List

TRENCHANT

keen

The meaning of the word trenchant is keen.

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entrancepower or permission to enter : admission
tempothe rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking
ennuia feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
clairvoyanthaving clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception
leerysuspicious
pitha usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
blandsmooth and soothing in manner or quality
nethersituated down or below : lower