GRE Word List
TRENCHANT
keen
The meaning of the word trenchant is keen.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |