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.

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vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about
fulminateto utter or send out with denunciation
masochista person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism
outskirtsa part remote from the center : border
snipa small piece that is snipped off
swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
drossthe scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal
defaultfailure to do something required by duty or law : neglect
arroyoa watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated