GRE Word List
TRIM
to remove by or as if by cutting
The meaning of the word trim is to remove by or as if by cutting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |